Mary Trump rips into uncle Donald Trump over allegations of accepting $10M bribe from Egypt

Mary Trump claimed that after this alleged transaction, her uncle shifted US policy in ways that benefited an Egyptian leader
UPDATED AUG 16, 2024
Mary Trump sharply criticized her uncle over allegations of a $10 million bribe from Egypt (MSNBC/YouTube, Getty Images)
Mary Trump sharply criticized her uncle over allegations of a $10 million bribe from Egypt (MSNBC/YouTube, Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In her latest email update, psychologist Mary Trump took a harsh stance against her uncle, former president Donald Trump, for his purported involvement in a $10 million bribery scheme with the Egyptian government.

According to the Raw Story, this bribery scheme, which emerged earlier this month, has been described by a Washington Post reporter as “the most serious allegation of a bribe in White House history".



 

Carol Leonnig, the reporter who broke the story at The Washington Post, explains that the money, if it did reach the then “cash-starved” Trump campaign, will have amounted to bribery.

Mary Trump highlights $10M bribe allegation and policy shifts favoring Egyptian leader

Mary Trump emphasized the seriousness of the allegations, stating, "It has recently come to light that Donald accepted $10 million from Egypt shortly after the election in 2016. As The Washington Post recently reported, ‘Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received an unusual letter from an organization linked to the Egyptian intelligence service. It asked the bank to ‘kindly withdraw’ nearly $10 million from the organization’s account — all in cash.’ That sounds totally legitimate.”

Attorney Alina Habba (L) looks on as former U.S. President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. The former president was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. Trump has now become the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes. (Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
Mary Trump called out uncle Donald Trump for alleged $10 million bribe from Egypt (Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)

She pointed out that following this transaction, her uncle “shifted US policy in ways that benefited the Egyptian leader, a man he once called ‘my favorite dictator’” - including the release of nearly $200 million in defense aid previously withheld due to human rights concerns.

Mary Trump accuses William Barr of obstructing bribe investigation

Furthermore, Mary Trump criticized former Attorney General William Barr for blocking federal prosecutors from accessing bank records that could have clarified the nature of the $10 million payment.

Former Attorney General William Barr "stopped federal prosecutors" from obtaining bank records that would have let them examine more closely whether the Egyptian government illegally funneled $10 million to Trump's campaign in 2016.

"This is all par for the course in the Trump family," she noted.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at th
Mary Trump accused former Attorney General William Barr of obstructing investigation into the $10 million bribe (Getty images)

Mary Trump continued, "Donald’s corrupt dealings with adversarial foreign governments isn’t new. It’s been obvious for a very long time that his relationships with Russia and Saudi Arabia are about lining his own pockets at the expense of American interests. He was impeached for trying to extort Ukraine to aid his reelection campaign. And his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, received $2 billion from Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia shortly after leaving the White House — either for services rendered or services to be rendered. We don’t yet know.”

In her conclusion, Mary Trump declared, "This November, we can remind the world’s dictators, and our own homegrown wannabe dictators, that America is not for sale — even if my uncle is."

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